School Tecnology in Education

HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

(Balwin R)

A) Choose the correct option

1-Visual education and visual instruction were used originally to refer to media available to teachers such as ..........................

a- Typewriters, posters and cartoons.b- Three-dimensional objects, photographs and silent films.c- Blackboards, postcards and soft toys.

B) Teachers used films sparingly in

a- 1910 b- 1980 c- 2010

C) The next technology to gain attention was

a- The I pad b- The calculator c- The radio

D) The US government spent 1 billion on ............................

a- Military training films.b- Teacher training filmsc- Personal training films

E) During the 1950s and the 1960s the Ford / Chrysler / Dodge Foundation and its related agencies invested more than $170 million in educational television.

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G) .................. school systems and state departments of education formed consortia to pool funds to provide for the cost of program development.

 

H) Instructional television continued to prosper where there was .......................... a.technical / b. commercial / c.foreign support.

I) Some of the earliest work on instructional applications of computing took place in the

1950s 1970’s 1980’s

J) By January 1983, computers were being used for instructional purposes in 40

percent of all      …………………………………elementary schools

K) By the year 2000 the ....................... . a.National / b. World / c. North American Center for Educational Statistics reported that there was, in fact, an average of one computer for every five students, with 97 percent of schools having Internet connections.